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| Thread ID: 30589 | 2003-02-24 21:29:00 | download speeds | effie C (772) | Press F1 |
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| 123630 | 2003-02-24 21:29:00 | Hi, I am intrigued- I have a mate who has a P200 and only 200Mhz,CPU- yet he can download at double my speed- I have a Pll 500 Mhz, CPU We checked this speed by going to www.radiomods.co.nz/modemtestpage.HTML I have three cable extensions from the main phone to my computer, including the hardwired "bedroom extension" from the main phone to the bedroom- and from whence I take the leads into another bedroom using about 20 feet of cable, with two plugs and leads to get to the computer Is this the cause? I use both Free.net and xtra- free.net is faster than xtra effie c |
effie C (772) | ||
| 123631 | 2003-02-24 21:37:00 | PC speed doesnt have much to do with Download speeds.. I had a 486 which downloaded the same speed as a Celeron 933Mhz. the LONG cables are the killer... We recently shifted the family PC and had tobuy a 15 foot long extension cable.. connection has now dropped form average of 52K to about 42K.... Not too good, but that's only coz of the extension cable. Still same everything, PC.. Phone Jack.. etc, but just the extra phone cord kills the connection! |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 123632 | 2003-02-24 21:44:00 | Thank you chilling_silence What if I tried to tap into the main phone - and then had a cable made up for about 35 feet? |
effie C (772) | ||
| 123633 | 2003-02-25 02:40:00 | The problem is that "telephone" extension cables use the flat "silver satin" cable, rather than the length of it. (The NZ stuff is usually cream coloured, but the term comes from the US ;-)). If you could get an extension cord made up using twisted pair cable, it should work much better. You might be able to get appropriate RJ45-BT adaptors to fit both ends of a standard Cat5 ethernet cable. A "proper" extension installation would be better. The recommended method is to NOT use a "star" from the original master as you seem to suggest as a possibility, but to have a proper (twisted pair) cable fron from the (present) last socket to the new socket |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 123634 | 2003-02-25 05:05:00 | > > A "proper" extension installation would be better. > The recommended method is to NOT use a "star" from > the original master as you seem to suggest as a > possibility, but to have a proper (twisted pair) > cable fron from the (present) last socket to the new > socket. Hi Effie Graham's advice is good, but run the cable in Cat 5 network cable, it is more reliable and robust than telephone wire. Take it direct to the Telecom connection point in your house as is done for jetstream. If it is convenient to do so, disconnect all other equipment on the line while surfing and your speed should increase noticeably. Cheers Billy 8-{) |
Billy T (70) | ||
| 123635 | 2003-02-25 05:45:00 | This comment about long cables killing the connections seems odd. I have a 20m extension lead going from the main phone socket, thru the roof to one room, where a phone is installed on a double adapter with another 15m extension to the modem. This is in combination with another 2 phone sockets, all made with standard extension leads from DSE, and an alarm - all on one phone line. My connection speed: 53,333 Kbps, with a cheap ($45) PCI modem. No slowdown whatsoever. I am also in a reasonably old house, with old phone lines, and am at least 5km from the nearest exchange... Craig. |
craig_b (2740) | ||
| 123636 | 2003-02-25 06:47:00 | Thank you one and all, Craig B interests me as I have tried most other advice -well to a point- but such a long lead that he suggests leaves my set up for dead - it's half that he has I will try disconnecting a fax and bedside phone non the less effiec |
effie C (772) | ||
| 123637 | 2003-02-25 23:39:00 | It depends on all sorts of things. The non-twisted-pair extension cables have no noise immunity. If they go too close to things like fluorescent lights, motors, television sets, computers (;-)) they pick up noise. (Such things are not good for twisted pairs either). Because they are not "controlled impedance", they causes attenuation, and reflections. The distance from the exchange may be relevant; it may not; Craig's and effie's situations are not the same. Craig has 35m of extension cable, and gets away with it. effie has much less and doesn't get away with it. Extension cords are meant for using with phones. Data signals like proper cabling. The signal strength and noise level at the entry is what you start with. If you attenuate the signal and increase the noise level, your data rate will drop. The condition and routing of the fixed cables, the loading on the line, and any extension cables all matter. |
Graham L (2) | ||
| 123638 | 2003-02-26 02:32:00 | Could come down to modem as well as all the cable involved. I'm stuck with a soft modem, which appears to be the source of all my problems. Also, someone once told me that if you are in an area that Telecom didn't expect to expand too much, they have a habit of splitting a cable rather than installing new ones, which can drop net speeds. Don't focus on one possible solution, make sure you've checked out all the options. | ambasluv (1414) | ||
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